Despo Diamantidou
Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (Greek: Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress.[2] She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003.
Despo Diamantidou | |
|---|---|
![]() Diamantidou in the 1970 film Promise at Dawn | |
| Born | 13 July 1916 |
| Died | 18 February 2004 (aged 87) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–2003 |
| Spouse(s) | Andreas Filippidis[1] |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Paidia tis Athinas | Eleni | |
| 1954 | Thanassakis o politevomenos | Sophia | |
| To koritsi tis geitonias | Kakia / Froso | ||
| 1956 | I doukissa tis Plakentias kai o listarhos Bibisis | Narrator | |
| 1957 | To koritsi me ta paramythia | Lida's mother | |
| 1958 | A Matter of Dignity | Kaiti | |
| 1959 | Amaryllis, to koritsi tis agapis | ||
| 1960 | Never on Sunday | Despo | |
| Madalena | Giokari | ||
| I Hionati kai ta 7 gerontopallikara | Aglaia | ||
| To rantevou tis Kyriakis | Afroditi | ||
| 1961 | Alice in the Navy | Alice's mother | |
| O thanatos tha xanarthi | Liza | ||
| Gia sena, tin agapi mou | |||
| 1962 | Prodomeni agapi | Vicky | |
| Pote de se xehasa | Head Seamstress | ||
| O loustrakos | Maria's mother | ||
| Min erotevesai to Savvato... | |||
| Mana, kane kouragio | Mrs. Themeli | ||
| Angeloi tou pezodromiou | |||
| 1963 | The Red Lanterns | Madame Pari | |
| To tempeloskylo | Despoina | ||
| O babas mou ki ego! | Mrs. Papas | ||
| 1964 | Topkapi | Voula | |
| Monemvasia | |||
| Gamos ala... ellinika | Mina's Mother | ||
| To koritsi tis Kyriakis | |||
| Rimagmeno spiti | |||
| 1965 | And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband | Bebeka | |
| Ohi, ...kyrie Johnson | |||
| Adistaktoi | Roza | ||
| To remali tis Fokionos Negri | |||
| Ponesa poly gia sena | |||
| Oi katafronemenoi | |||
| Dihasmos | The Lady | ||
| 1966 | I Stefania | Woman Guard | |
| Queen of Clubs | Marianthi | ||
| Kane ton pono mou hara | |||
| Horisame ena deilino | Zoi | ||
| 1967 | Cry in the Wind | Priest's Wife | |
| Sapila kai aristokratia | Mrs. Kalakou | ||
| Erotes sti Lesvo | |||
| Eis thanaton | |||
| 1970 | Something for Everyone | Bobby | |
| Promise at Dawn | Aniela | ||
| 1971 | The Horsemen | Uljan | |
| Made for Each Other | Group member | ||
| The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Mourner | ||
| 1973 | The Werewolf of Washington | Gypsy | |
| 1975 | Love and Death | Boris' mother[3] | |
| 1978 | A Dream of Passion | Maria | |
| Ypothesi Polk | |||
| 1982 | O teleftaios dialogos | ||
| 1985 | Varieté | House Owner | |
| 1989 | Athoos i enohos? | ||
| 1991 | O Tzonys Keln, kyria mou | ||
| 1996 | Akropol | Seferiadou | |
| 2001 | Annas Sommer | María | |
| 2002 | Dyskoloi apohairetismoi: O babas mou | Grandmother | |
| 2003 | O haros vgike pagania | (final film role) |
References
- Short bio of Diamantidou, on the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
- Filmography of the actress, as presented on the British Film Institute's website (www.bfi.org.uk)
- "Love and Death" movie, presented on The Woody Allen Pages
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